ITALIA TOUR

GUARDISTALLO IN PISA

The strategic location between the sea and the green hills of Guardistallo is the ideal place for a vacation that alternate days of relaxation by the sea trips to the hinterland in close contact with nature.

Born as the Lombard castle, after the dissolution of the feudal system and the redistribution of the lands under the agrarian reform Leopoldina (eighteenth century) Guardistallo saw the advent of a new class of wealthy landowners.

Villa Elena was built in 1870, home of Marchionneschi, one of the most important families in the area, and a few years after the theater, a place of leisure for wealthy families and expression of their wealth.

Theatre Marchionneschi, reopened in 1990 after a long period of restoration, with its 180 seats and excellent acoustics is connected to a circuit of events and entertainment activities that animate the whole territory, especially in the summer season.

The territory is especially renowned for olive oil, which is dedicated in the spring Sagra della Crogiantina, where the oil is eaten raw directly on the bread. Guardistallo is also the country of the thousand nativity scenes, displayed in the ancient village by the inhabitants and school students over the Christmas period.

For a day in search of inner peace can be visited the Convent of Valserena, run by a community of contemplative nuns. At the monastery you can buy the products that result from manual work of the nuns (creams, perfumes, soaps and liqueurs).